Peter Krüger is working as an independent writer/director and producer. As a writer/director he has been making documentaires, fiction as well music-theatre productions. As a producer he has set-up different internationally acclaimed co-productions as N, the madness of reason, Drift, Kinshasa Kids, a.o.
Peter Krüger (born 1970, Belgium) became obsessed with the cinema at a young age. He postponed going to film school, however, to study philosophy. After graduating in 1993 Krüger skipped film school, and set up the production company Inti Films, which focuses on the production of creative documentaries and art-house films for an international market (www.intifilms.com). Inti Films aims to stand out in today’s audio-visual market by producing films that matter and artisticly challenge the viewer.
Although Krüger’s inspiration originally came from fiction, his first projects were documentaries. As he stated: ‘documentary provided an immediate starting point, a way to discover cinematography via the documentary process.’
Krüger’s first creative documentary Nazareth (1997) looked at faith in villages bearing this name in Israel, Ghana and Flanders. Since then he has written and directed documentaries including Poets of Mongolia, Roberte’s Dance, The Eclipse of Sint-Gillis and a short fiction film entitled The Strange Man. Two of Krüger’s documentaries were directed for the ARTE-series Kaleidoscope, produced by Wajnbrosse production.
Krüger decision to explore the limits of fiction and documentary took off in 2011 with his feature-length documentary-fiction, entitled Antwerp Central which was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal. Since 2005 Peter has been working on N, the madness of reason, where he pushes the cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction to its extreme limits. The film had its worldpremiere at the Berlinale, February 2014. In 2015 won the Ensor awards for best feature film, best music and best editing. Currently he is working on his new feature film The Age of Magic.
Krüger teaches also Film Directing at the RITCS in Brussels and has been often invited to work as consultant for various feature films. He has been a member of the General Assembly and the Advisory Body of the Flemish Filmfund since 2003.
Selected Filmography (as writer/director only):
N, the madness of reason (feature film, 2014) - www.nthefilm.com
Antwerp Central Station (feature documentary, 2011) - www.antwerpcentral.be
N (play for theatre, 2006)
The Monastery Of Beniktbeuern (documentary, 2004)
Les Thermes de Karlovy Vary (documentary, 2003)
The Strange Man (short fiction, 2002)
The Eclipse of Sint-Gillis (creative documentary, 2011)
Poets of Mongolia (creative documentary, 1999)
Nazareth (creative documentary, 1997).